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No. 575,749. Paten13ed Jan. 26, 1897.

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NITED STATES MARGARETTE E. \VILMER,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 575,749, dated January26, 1897.

' Application filed July 9, 1896. Serial No. 598,565. (No model.)

T0 ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARGARETTE E. WIL- MER, a. citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Systemsfor Making Dolls or Toys, of which the following is a specification,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding partswherever found throughout the several views.

This invention relates to the manufacture or construction of dolls andother toy figures, and the object thereof is to provide an improvedsystem for construction or forming dolls or other toy figures frompasteboard, cardboard, or other paper possessing strength and stiffnessor from any suitable fabric possessing the required qualities.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, and in which- Figure 1 is aview of a blank from which a toy or doll may be made, and Fig. 2 a faceview of a doll made therefrom.

In the practice of my invention I employ a suitable sheet 5, of paper orsimilar material, and I print, paint, stamp, or otherwise form thereof aface view of a doll, as shown at 7,

I said View being composed of a head, body,

and a portion of the arms, and connected 1 therewith at the top of thehead, as shown at 8, is a back View of the same figure, as shown at9,said back view being also printed,painted stamped, or otherwiseformed, and both of said views may be formed by a suitable stamp at thesame time and may be colored as required. Each of these views has aportion of the arms connected therewith, as shown at 10, and the armportions 10 of the back View are provided with segmental orcrescentshaped marks 11, the convex sides of which are directeddownwardly, and in the lower part of the skirt, as shown at 12, areformed similar marks, and I also stamp, print, paint, or otherwise formupon the same sheet the lower portion of the arms, as shown at 13, andthe ends thereof, which represent the elbows, are provided with circularheads 14, and stamped,printed,painted,or otherwise formed upon the samesheet are the lower portion of the legs, as shown at 15, and said legsare provided at that portion thereof which represents the knees withcircular heads or disks 16.

In formingthe doll or toy the figures 7 and 9, which represent the frontand back thereof, are cut out in the usual manner, and segmental orcrescent-shaped slots are form ed at 11 and 12, and the arms 13 andthelegs 15 are also cut out, and the circular heads or disks 14 of thearms are inserted through the slots 11, or that portion of the doll ortoy which constitutes the back, and the circular disks or heads 16 ofthe legs are inserted through the slots 12, and the front and back arethen folded together in the usual manner, and a face or front. view of adoll thus formed is shown in Fig. 2.

It will be understood that the front and back, after being out out andfolded together as described, may also be sealed or otherwise securedtogether, and when thus formed it will be apparent that the arms andlegs will be free to move laterally or otherwise and that the means bywhich they are connected with the body portion of the toy or doll whenthe latter is viewed from the frontwill be concealed. 1

It will be apparent that the front and back views may be connected atother parts thereof as well as at the head or instead of at the head,and my invention is not limited to the form of the figure, toy, or dollthus made, as various animals or representations thereof may besimilarly formed.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A doll or toy which is formed by first stamping afront and back view of the figure to be formed on a suitable sheet ofpaper or similar material in such manner that said front and back viewsare connected at one point,and may be cut out and folded together so asto form the front and back of the figure,

said front and back consisting of a head, body portion, and a portion ofthe arms, said sheet being also provided with representations of thearms and legs, or the lower portion thereof, said arms and said legsbeing provided at the ends thereof, which represent the elbows and theknees with circular heads or disks and the back view of said figurebeing provided with circular or crescent-shaped marks in that portion ofthe arms which are formed thereon, and with similar marks in the lowerportion of the body or skirt, substantially as shown and described.

2. A doll 01' toy which is formed by stamping a front and back view ofthe figure upon a sheet of paper or similar material, said front andback views each comprising the body portion, the head, and the upperportion of the arms, and being connected at the top of the head, saidback View being also provided in that portion of the arms connectedtherewith, with curved or semicircular marks, and at the lower portionof the body with similar marks, said sheet being also provided withrepresentations of the lower portions of the arms and legs, which areprovided at the ends which represent the elbows and the knees withcircular heads or disks said circular heads or disks being adapted to beinserted when out out through slots formed at the points where thecurved or segmental marks are made in the back portion or view, aftersaid back and front portions have been cut out and folded together,substantially as shown and described.

3. A doll, comprising front and back portions cut from a sheet of paper,and connected at one point, and adapted to be folded together, saidfront and back portions comprising the body, the head and the upperportion of the arms, the lower portion of the arms and legs being alsocut from said sheet of paper, and provided at the ends thereof, whichrepresent the elbows and knees with circular heads or disks which areinserted through slots, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 2d day of July,1896.

MARGARETTE E. ILMER.

Vitnesses:

W. W. HILL, CHARLES S. ROGERS.

